Teachers return to school as community conducts cleansing ceremony

The school was temporarily closed as teachers fled from the mysterious creatures.

 

In an interview yesterday, Matabeleland North provincial education director Mrs Boithatelo Mnguni said the community agreed to conduct a cleansing ceremony and assured teachers that the problem had been solved.

“The teachers have returned to work. The community has assured us that some cleansing rituals are being conducted. They said they have consulted a spirit medium who requested them to provide a sheep and a needle for the whole problem to be solved,” said Mrs Mnguni.
“From the information we have, the teachers returned to work on Wednesday and some on Thursday. It seems the goblins were affecting the community for some time but teachers were afraid to talk about the issue openly.”

The teachers disappeared from the school after goblins threatened to beat them up.
It is alleged that at the time  the teachers fled from the school, the goblins were wreaking havoc as they were sexually harassing female teachers.

It is said that female teachers would wake up in the morning only to discover that they were naked and their under-garments hung on the windows.
Male teachers were also affected as the goblins would take their food, including mealie-meal and meat.

The school has an enrolment of about 240 pupils and has seven teachers, including the head.